Friendly Persuasion
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- 1956
- 137 min
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This is Samantha...
... my mother's pet goose.
Mama loves her...
... just like one of the family.
But I hate that bird.
And she hates me.
She's mean and sneaky.
And full of tricks.
It seems every First Day morning...
... when we're ready to go to Meeting...
... and I got on
my best Sunday clothes...
Samantha!
Thee old hisser!
I'll blow thee up with a cannon!
Some day I'll drown thee,
thee old squawker!
Little Jess!
What is thee saying, child?
Samantha tried to bite my legs off.
Next time, I'll throw her down the well.
Here, Samantha.
See, Little Jess?
Speak to her kindly.
She'll not bite thee.
She's a pure pet, Samantha is.
She's a snake on stilts!
I'll put her on the chopping block
and chop her head off.
Hush, hush!
Let's have no more talk of killing.
Run upstairs now and fetch thy brother
and sister. We'll be late for Meeting.
Blackberry pie?
Yes, blackberry pie.
No need to stick thy finger in it
to find out. No dilly-dallying!
Well...
...perhaps.
Well!
This afternoon?
All right!
What's thee talking to thyself for?
I'm not talking to myself.
Who's thee talking to then?
I don't see nobody.
Thee knows what happens
to eavesdroppers?
Their ears get long as a hound dog's!
Mama says to hurry.
I am, but I have to finish
my toilet-tee.
What's a toilet-tee?
Thee wouldn't know about it
because thee doesn't wash.
Please leave my boudoir.
"Please leave my boudoir."
Does thee...
Does thee think I'm pretty?
Thee's not ugly.
I guess thee's pretty...
...for a girl.
Well, thank thee!
Thee's welcome.
Powie! I got Jeff Davis!
Powie! I got old Stonewall Jackson!
Powie! I got old Little Jess Birdwell!
Meet the real Stonewall Jackson...
...and thee won't feel so feisty.
Get up.
What would thee do
if thee met Old Stonewall?
Mama said not to talk about the war.
Mama said for thee to hurry up.
She's the preacher.
Meeting can't start till she's there.
And anyway, Caleb Cope and me
are riding our horses to Meeting.
Thee old long arms!
Look! Pa's warming up Red Rover.
Where?
How a horse can look so fast
and move so slow beats me.
Thee can hitch him up, Enoch.
You got him nice and warm this morning.
Whoa, Mildred!
Hello there.
Guess I'm lost.
Must have got on the wrong road.
My! Quite a looker, that horse.
He's a looker, all right.
Maybe you can help me. I'm trying
to find that Methodist church.
Thy first turn's at the crossroads.
Is thee preaching there this morning?
- Who's preaching there?
- Thee?
- Who?
- Thee.
Me?
That's a dandy!
Son, I'm not a man of the cloth.
I sell organs.
Now, what in thunderation is all this
thee-ing and thou-ing about?
Bible talk to honor the Sabbath?
No, we talk that way weekdays too.
Excuse me, but it sounds mighty queer.
Who's "we"?
Quakers.
Quakers! Have you folks
Yes, we call it a Meeting House.
It's just beyond the Methodist Church.
Hast thou an organ in thine
Meeting House, friend?
We don't hold with music playing.
What, no organ?
Dear me! Why, a church
without an organ...
...is like a tree without a bird.
Wait till I talk
to that minister of yours.
He'll never be content
until he buys an organ.
I wish thee luck with the preacher.
the main road, turn right. I got it.
Thank you.
Thee.
Get up!
Now look, Mildred...
...there is a horse!
- I'm going by Caleb's, Pa.
- All right, son.
Red Rover, that man
paid thee a compliment.
If he only knew.
Listen, Red, just don't slow down...
...when thee hears Sam Jordan
coming behind us...
...and, by sugar, we'll stay
out in front today.
- Thee say something, Jess?
- I was just soothing Red Rover.
If thee talked as much to the Almighty
as thee does to that horse...
...thee might stand more squarely
in the light.
Sounds like thy sermon's
already begun, Eliza.
Why, Jess!
I thought thee liked my preaching.
Now, Eliza, thee has the prettiest
pulpit voice I ever heard.
And thee says the truest words.
Especially during Silent Meeting?
And this morning,
thee looks like a girl.
Where's Little Jess? Mattie!
I'm coming, Mama.
Made the stockade in the nick of time.
- Goodbye, folks.
- Goodbye, Enoch.
Good luck, Mr. Birdwell.
Why does Enoch wish thee good luck
every First Day morning?
He wishes me luck!
Hey, Papa, look!
It's thy friend, Sam Jordon, Jess.
No need to look. I can feel him.
Gard's with him!
Mattie, Little Jess, stop craning
thy necks at the Jordans.
It isn't seemly.
Yes, Mama.
Sure are a-coming.
Thee's not urging thy horse?
Not urging. Just encouraging a mite.
Come on, Red Rover!
Sit down!
Come on, Prince!
Come on, lazybones!
Come on, Prince! Good boy!
What's gotten into thee?
Morning, Mattie.
Morning, Eliza.
Good morning, Jess.
- Come on, Papa!
- Come on, Prince!
Come back, come back!
Mama!
Little Jess, let go!
Come on, Prince!
Gard winked at Mattie.
He did not!
I saw him.
Gard wouldn't do such a vulgar thing!
I hope nobody saw us.
Me too.
I want to come to Meeting with nothing
in my heart but peace and love.
Thee gives me a pain.
One eternal day
There, God the Son
Forever reigns
Filled with delight
My raptured soul
Would here no longer stay
Though Jordan's waves around me roll
Fearless I'd launch away
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